Case Summaries

Fact finding hearing in care proceedings involving non-accidental intra-cranial injuries to a 15 week old child in which Baker J considered medical evidence from six leading experts.

Private law case. Child habitually resident in England. F sought to rely on exception in Article 12(1)(b) Brussels II Revised to stay English proceedings and for matters to be dealt with by French court. Held M had not unequivocally accepted French jurisdiction and even if Judge wrong in reaching that conclusion, best interests of child were met by hearing being conducted in England.

Appeal by grandmother in private law proceedings against a residence order to be made in favour of the mother of her grandchild once the mother found suitable accommodation. Appeal allowed.

Appeal in private law contact case in which Cafcass officers disagreed as to whether there should be supervised contact but where commencement of supervised contact had been ordered without oral evidence from the Cafcass officers.

Appeal as to which local authority was the designated local authority with responsibility for implementing a care order for a child, in circumstances where the child’s mother was herself a child in care.

Judgment on the issue of costs following the substantive decision in Inheritance Act claim in Lilleyman v Lilleyman.

Judgment in Inheritance Act proceedings brought by a wife against the estate of her late husband. The defendants were the husband’s two sons from an earlier marriage, who were both executors and principal beneficiaries under the husband’s will.

Appeal as to whether proceedings, concerning the residence of the parties’ child, should take place in Scotland, where she now lived with the mother, or England. Appeal allowed.

Appeal of order in a fact-finding hearing over allegations of sexual abuse. Appeal successful.

Appeal by mother against findings made in care proceedings at a welfare hearing which differed from the findings made at the previous fact-finding hearing

Appeal of a financial remedy order which had extended and capitalised spousal periodical payments.

Appeal by mother in private law contact proceedings against refusal of a psychological assessment or Cafcass report and extension of interim contact, following findings of domestic violence.

Decision concerning the grounds which entitle a solicitor to suspend and/or terminate a solicitors’ retainer and the costs payable by the client in such an event

Case involving non-married cohabitants in which the Claimant unsuccessfully claimed that she had a beneficial interest in and / or that she had been a partner in, a business owned by the Defendant

Appeal by mother against placement order in case linked to proceedings concerning her partner’s children.

Application for permission to appeal in which Moor J considered the correct test to be applied to such applications